Friday, February 15, 2013

Documentary: The Mama Sherpas

A CfM Facebook fan recently posted to share some information about an interesting sounding new documentary about Nurse-Midwives:

The Mama Sherpas follows nurse midwives, the doctors they work with, and
their patients, in the DC area over the course of two years. The
documentary will provide a personal glimpse into what midwives can bring
into the birthing process in the hospital system.

Maher
focuses on four “collaborative care” practices where doctors and
midwives manage women’s care together. Although there is few
collaborative care efforts in the United States, research proves that
this method provides better outcomes for mother and baby as well as
lowers the C-section rate, which has skyrocketed in recent years.

The documentary’s subject is one that explores two of the most heated
debates - Women’s Issues and Health Care. This will be an important
contribution to women’s films as a genre because knowledge about medical
options has often been withheld from women. Additionally, this film
will serve as an educational tool to inform women about their own health
and bodies.

Here are a few ways you can help with our outreach:
1. Add a logo of our film to your website
2. Blog about our film
3. Suggest participants
4. Tweet, Link to our website, and share our Fb page
5. Watch and share the scenes (clips are on the FB page)
6. Suggest possible stories to follow! For instance, “I’d like to see
how dad’s prepare for labor.” We’ll add it to our story queue!
7. Host a fundraiser in your community
8. Host an Discussion Group about the film and film scenes centered on a topic area
9. Connect us with a community organization in your area
10. And...